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§1 Plant
Carex digitalis Willd.
vernacular slender woodland sedge — species · Cyperaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Cyperaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Carex
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 627 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 627 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Calhoun 12013
- Clay 12019
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Suwannee 12121
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dearborn 18029
- Dubois 18037
- Fayette 18041
- Floyd 18043
- Franklin 18047
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Lagrange 18087
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Martin 18101
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Orange 18117
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Pike 18125
- Porter 18127
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- Scott 18143
- Spencer 18147
- St. Joseph 18141
- Steuben 18151
- Union 18161
- Washington 18175
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- Whitley 18183
Kentucky view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Bell 21013
- Boone 21015
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Casey 21045
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Estill 21065
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Jackson 21109
- Jefferson 21111
- Knox 21121
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Letcher 21133
- Lewis 21135
- Lincoln 21137
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- Menifee 21165
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Pendleton 21191
- Perry 21193
- Pike 21195
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
- Wayne 21231
- Whitley 21235
- Wolfe 21237
Louisiana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Grant 22043
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- West Carroll 22123
Maine view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allegany 24001
- Anne Arundel 24003
- Baltimore 24005
- Baltimore (city) 24510
- Calvert 24009
- Caroline 24011
- Carroll 24013
- Cecil 24015
- Charles 24017
- Dorchester 24019
- Frederick 24021
- Garrett 24023
- Harford 24025
- Howard 24027
- Kent 24029
- Montgomery 24031
- Prince George's 24033
- Queen Anne's 24035
- St. Mary's 24037
- Talbot 24041
- Washington 24043
- Wicomico 24045
- Worcester 24047
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Berrien 26021
- Clinton 26037
- Eaton 26045
- Genesee 26049
- Gratiot 26057
- Ingham 26065
- Ionia 26067
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Livingston 26093
- Midland 26111
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Tuscola 26157
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Mississippi view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Broome 36007
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Monroe 36055
- Montgomery 36057
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Buncombe 37021
- Caswell 37033
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Forsyth 37067
- Graham 37075
- Guilford 37081
- Haywood 37087
- Hertford 37091
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Martin 37117
- Mitchell 37121
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 65 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Greene 42059
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Jefferson 42065
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Montour 42093
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Washington 42125
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Bradley 47011
- Campbell 47013
- Cannon 47015
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cocke 47029
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Grundy 47061
- Hamilton 47065
- Hardin 47071
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Humphreys 47085
- Jackson 47087
- Johnson 47091
- Knox 47093
- Lauderdale 47097
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marion 47115
- Maury 47119
- McMinn 47107
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Morgan 47129
- Overton 47133
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rhea 47143
- Roane 47145
- Scott 47151
- Sequatchie 47153
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Union 47173
- Van Buren 47175
- Warren 47177
- Washington 47179
- Wayne 47181
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 74 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amherst 51009
- Appomattox 51011
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Brunswick 51025
- Buchanan 51027
- Buckingham 51029
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Clarke 51043
- Craig 51045
- Cumberland 51049
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Essex 51057
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Grayson 51077
- Greene 51079
- Halifax 51083
- Henrico 51087
- Henry 51089
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Loudoun 51107
- Madison 51113
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Northumberland 51133
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Richmond 51159
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Stafford 51179
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
- Westmoreland 51193
- Wise 51195
- Wythe 51197
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CADI5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2722156 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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